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0 commentsThe story of Matthew Shepard, the murdered gay Wyoming college student, had a lot to do with Bob Chapel's decision to direct Rodgers and Hammerstein's classic South Pacific as the opener for this...

0 commentsWhen Ella Carey promises something will be kept "in the vault," it's a lot safer bet than the same vow from a blabber-mouthed Seinfeld cast member, who notoriously spilled the beans anytime a secret...

0 commentsHead coach Dom Starsia knew for sure his team had the NCAA lacrosse championship under control when players dumped the Gatorade bucket full of ice water on his head with two minutes left to play.
"It...

0 commentsLarry Wilson, who's opened a handful of arenas, knows what a disastrous opening is like. He was there in Memphis in 1991 when the mother-daughter country duo, the Judds, were booked to open the...

0 commentsBarbara Ehrenreich had to cancel an interview because she's dashing off to a rally of striking grad students at NYU who want union recognition. "That battle has been going on for decades," she says....

0 commentsCharlottesville's toniest private school was on the skids when George Conway took the headmaster job at St. Anne's-Belfield in 1982. "Xerox wouldn't deliver paper without us paying cash," he...

0 commentsTimothy Naftali is checking out mood music for the Nixon Presidential Library and Museum– the Fifth Dimension, Pearl Bailey, the Carpenters, and Duke Ellington all played at the White House...

0 commentsBenjamin Dick is Foxfield's Atticus Finch. For years, now, he's battled for the rights of horse lovers to enjoy a race on a nice spring day without the Alcoholic Beverage Control Board or Mothers...

0 commentsMississippi To Mali was easily one of Corey Harris's most ambitious projects. The 2003 record was an outgrowth of his involvement in a Martin Scorsese documentary that featured the New Orleans-born...

0 commentsFor poet Lisa Russ Spaar, the hardest part about leaving the directorship of UVA's Creative Writing Program could be moving all the stuff out of her small office in Bryant Hall. After 11 years, she's...

0 commentsThere's one aspect of running for City Council that Dave Norris is having a hard time getting used to. "People keep correcting me when I say, 'I know I sound like a politician, but–'" relates...

0 commentsIf a picture's worth a thousand words, right now Douglas Day is juggling, oh, about 50 million words. As executive director of the Albemarle Charlottesville Historical Society, Day is overseeing the...

0 commentsRita Dove's crinkly red boots look like they don't come from around here, and her multi-colored, striped fingernails catch the eye. "I do it myself," she says. Her tip for painting the tricky right...

0 commentsIn 1983, Jeanne Cox had a small catering business in Charlottesville that was so successful that before long she knew she had to either expand it or change jobs altogether.
When she heard of an...

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In 1983, Jeanne Cox had a small catering business in Charlottesville that was so successful that before long she knew she had to either expand it or change jobs altogether.
When she heard of...

0 commentsBob Tucker comes from a rural past much like the one Albemarle is struggling to preserve. He grew up on a farm in Moultrie, Georgia, that raised Black Angus cattle, hogs, tobacco, cotton, and peanuts...

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Bob Tucker comes from a rural past much like the one Albemarle is struggling to preserve. He grew up on a farm in Moultrie, Georgia, that raised Black Angus cattle, hogs, tobacco, cotton, and...

3 commentsCoy Barefoot seemed to have it made as a writer after publishing five books and with offers to write more. So what did he do? Took a job at the Sorensen Institute for Political Leadership.
For the...

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Winter will pass soon enough, but before you start limbering up your green thumb, make sure you get the thumbs up from Marlene Condon. The Nature Friendly Garden, her illustrated guide to...

0 commentsWill Rieley has put his fingerprints on much in Virginia that is historic– or will be. But he doesn't want to be known for a trademark look.
When people enjoy the Thomas Jefferson Parkway,...

0 commentsJohn D'earth denies he's a musical savant, but at age two he was "stirring the soup" on the drums, and he taught himself to play the trumpet at age eight.
The young Dearth– this was before the...

0 commentsJohn D'earth denies he's a musical savant, but at age two he was "stirring the soup" on the drums, and he taught himself to play the trumpet at age eight.
The young Dearth– this was before the...

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On the NBC 29 news, Kristina Cruise appears unflappable. But newscasters aren't born knowing how to look natural in front of the camera, and Cruise has mastered some TV tricks of the trade....

0 commentsBern Ewert has the chief executive thing down, brooking no nonsense from bumblers who don't do their jobs or get their facts right. That includes the U.S. Congress.
In fact, it is "mismanagement of...

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A biography of Marie Antoinette lies on Connie Jorgensen's coffee table. Is she reading it because, like the French queen, she feels she's about to be guillotined?
Mitch Van Yahres' former...